Dr.Basanti Ekka

  • E-pasts: basanti.ekka_1@rtu.lv

Main research interests:

  • Dairy Wastewater Treatment by Electrochemical and Catalytic Methods

Major publications:

  1. Basanti Ekka, Soumitra R. Nayak, L. Satish K. Achary, Sarita, Aniket Kumar, Shradha Mawatwal, Rohan Dhiman, Priyabrat Dash, Raj Kishore Patel, Synthesis of hydroxyapatite-zirconia nanocomposite through sonochemical route: A potential catalyst for degradation of phenolic compounds, Environ. Chem. Eng., 2018, 6, 6504–6515.
  2. Basanti Ekka, Rajender S Dhaka, Raj Kishore Patel and Priyabrat Dash, Fluoride Removal in Waters using Ionic Liquid-Functionalized Alumina as a Novel Adsorbent, J Clean Prod, 2017, 151, 303-318.
  3. Monalisa Mishra, Debabrat Sabat, Basanti Ekka, Swetapadma Sahu, P. Unnikanan, Priyabrat Dash, Oral intake of zirconia nanoparticle alters neuronal development and behaviour of Drosophila melanogaster, Nanopart. Res., 2017, 19:282.
  4. Aurosman Pappus, Basanti Ekka, Swetapadma Sahu, Debabrat Sabat, Priyabrat Dash, Monalisa Mishra, A toxicity assessment of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on development and behaviour of Drosophila melanogaster, J. Nanopart. Res., 2017, 19:136.
  5. Debabrat Sabat, Abhinandan Patnaik, Basanti Ekka, Priyabrat Dash, Monalisa Mishra, Investigation of titania nanoparticles on behaviour and mechanosensory organ of Drosophila melanogaster, Behav., 2016, 167, 76–85.
  6. Basanti Ekka, Soumitra Ranjan Nayak, Priyabrat Dash, and Raj Kishore Patel, Removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solution using mesoporous silica synthesized from 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ionic liquid, AIP Conference Proceedings 1724, 020011 (2016); DOI: 10.1063/1.4945131.
  7. Basanti Ekka, Manoj Kumar Sahu, Raj Kishore Patel, Priyabrat Dash, Titania coated silica nanocomposite prepared via encapsulation method for the degradation of Safranin-O dye from aqueous solution: Optimization using statistical design, Water resources and industry, DOI: 10.1016/j.wri.2016.08.001.
  8. Lakkoji Satish, Shubhasmin Rana, Manoranjan Arakha, Lipeeka Rout, Basanti Ekka, Suman Jha, Priyabrat Dash, Harekrushna Sahoo, Impact of imidazolium based ionic liquids on the structure and stability of lysozyme, Spectroscopy Letters, 2016, 49, 383-390.
  9. Lipeeka Rout, Prashanth Rengasamy, Basanti Ekka, Aniket Kumar, Priyabrat Dash, Supported Bimetallic AgSn Nanoparticle as an Efficient Photocatalyst for Degradation of Methylene Blue Dye, Nano, 2015, 10, 1550059.
  10. Basanti Ekka, Lipeeka Rout, Manoj Kumar Sahu, Aniket Kumar, Raj Kishore Patel, Priyabrat Dash, Removal efficiency of Pb(II) from aqueous solution by 1-alkyl-3- methylimidazolium bromide ionic liquid mediated mesoporous silica, Environ. Chem. Eng., 2015, 3, 1356–1364.